SECDRV.SYS could not be found - so you gamble yet under Windows 10
Whether or not Age of Empires, Battlefield 1942, or Civilization - many of the old classics no longer want to start in Windows 10. This is due to the fact that Microsoft's new System with the DRM-protection "SafeDisc" the games compatible. Which Games exactly are affected, can be found in this list.
- For Retro-gamers, the odds are currently bad: The company Rovi Corporation, which developed the copy protection no longer works since years on the product. With a driver Update you should not expect so.
- Nevertheless, you can try a few Tricks before you give up on your Games. Click with the right mouse button on the EXE file of the Games and choose the Option "run As Administrator". Then confirm the query of the user account control and see if the game starts.
- Should this not work, click with the right mouse button on the EXE file and select the entry "properties". In the tab "compatibility" check "run program in compatibility mode for:" and select in the drop-down menu, an older Windows System. Save the settings finally, press "OK" and start the Game again.
- Alternatively, click in the file properties on the Button "troubleshoot program compatibility to run" and follow the on-screen instructions. In the Test, which has brought nothing, however, Microsoft could provide, over time, a Fix-It. An attempt is worthwhile.
Win 10: SafeDisc fix this Problem
Temporary solution for the Hardcore Gamer: Back to Windows 7 and 8
These tips do not help, you currently have no other choice than to make the Upgrade to Windows 10 undoing. You can do up to 30 days after the Installation is safe.
- To do this, open the Windows settings from the start menu or the key combination [Windows-key] + [I].
- Click on the category "Update-security", and switch to the tab "recovery".
- There click at the menu "to return To Windows 7" or "to return To Windows 8" on the Button "get started".
- In the next window, enter any reason and click on "Next".
- Windows 10 will inform you about the operation of the Downgrades, which you confirm again with "Next". Then wait until the Installation is complete.
Downgrade: Windows error fix
Also Steam makes Windows 10 the problems. In contrast to the SafeDisc error, you can solve the Problem but here even. As you proceed, we can tell you in the next article.
